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What Thanksgiving means to me
is that, you can spend time with
your family and friends, eat the
best food you can ever eat and
on Thanksgiving day you have
to go and buy the stuff you need.
What thanksgiving means to me
is that, you can spend time with
your family and friends. Another
reason is that you get to have the
best time in your live. Also you
get to have family game time
after eating dinner. This is why I
love spending time with family
and friends. Another reason, you
get to eat turkey, ham, mashed
potatoes, and other foods. One
more reason is you can eat and
have a fun while eating the best
food you ever tasted. Also on this
day you get to help put the food
on the table. Also on this day you
get to go to the grocery store and
buy some food to eat. Another
reason you can pick out the best
food you would like to prepare.
One more reason after you buy it
you can cook it and that will be
the best. In conclusion, this is why
Thanksgiving means to me and
what it is like on Thanksgiving.
Rodnasia Morris, 5th Grade
Thanksgiving is important
because I get to see all my
friends, family, and cousins, and
after we eat we get to go outside
and play. Another thing is that we
get to talk so loud and also me
and my cousin get to stay at my
grandparents’ house the whole
week. Also, the turkey and all the
rest of the food is good. When
we are getting done with all that
food, me and my cousins go on
a long dirt road and ride four
wheeler and dirt bikes. After that
we go take a shower and then get
everybody to dance. At night, we
lay in our beds and play the games
until 12:35. Then we go to bed so
we can get some sleep. And then
we get up and eat leftovers.
Patrick Parker, 5th Grade
Thanksgiving means a lot to me
because you can talk to family
and friends and spend time with
family. You can give food to
homeless people. You eat a lot of
food and spend time with cousins
and catch up with family and
cousins and talk about life. The
best part is Thanksgiving is in
the month of November. You get
to eat your favorite food and you
get to eat turkey ham, mashed
potatoes, cranberry sauce,
dressing and chicken (sometimes
rice and gravy). Plus who doesn’t
love Thanksgiving? The main
reason I love Thanksgiving is
because of pumpkin pie. The third
thing I love about Thanksgiving
is every time we get done the
leftover food. The reason why
I love Thanksgiving so much is
because of my mom’s cooking
and my Gam’s secret recipe to her
pumpkin pie. It is always so good,
so that’s what Thanksgiving
means to me.
Mario Walker, 5th Grade
In my opinion. Thanksgiving
has a lot of meanings to it. Like
eating Thanksgiving food with
family and friends. Savoring
moments that you had with
loved ones. Spending quality
time with loved ones. Cooking
food for family and friends is a
nice gesture on Thanksgiving.
Sitting down and eating your
traditional Thanksgiving foods
with loved ones is a good way
of spending time together and
cherishing the great food you
are eating. Helping your parents
cook Thanksgiving is a great way
to spend time with them and it
get the job done faster. Having a
family cookout also is a great way
to communicate with your family
members especially if they are
new to the family. Spending time
with family is the most important
to me on Thanksgiving. Going
out and doing things with family
is a good way to spend time with
family and have a great time.
Maybe go out to a restaurant.
That could be a great way to go
out to eat and maybe get some
free desserts! Getting loved one
gifts could be a great way to show
how thankful you are for them.
Maybe get them something they
have been wanting for a long time
or you could make something for
them. I have always been told that
gifts that are made from yourself
are full of love and hard work.
Savoring moments with your
family is my most favorite things
to do Thanksgiving. Having a
nice talk about your memorable
moments with your family is
a good way to bring back the
memories over the years. You
could talk about moments that
go back to when you were
a baby or maybe a toddler.
Just talking about anything
old brings back nostalgia. In
conclusion. Thanksgiving has a
lot of meaning to it. But these are
specific ones that stand out to me.
Having a nice dinner with loved
ones. Savoring moments that you
have with your family. Spending
quality time with loved one. This
is what Thanksgiving means to
me.
Niyema McCrea-Perry
Thanksgiving means a lot to me
and reading this you could find
out what it means to me. People
can have different opinions on
Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving
could even mean nothing to some
people, but Thanksgiving means
different things to different
people. To me. Thanksgiving is
a great time to spend time with
family and friends. Another great
thing to do on Thanksgiving
is “Family Bonding”. Family
Bonding is very good for mental
health, it also encourages you to
make friends and be an active
person. Family bonding is also
good for your self esteem. Having
a high self esteem makes you
confident and fearless. You would
be a person of your word and very
confident in everything you do.
Another great fact about ‘Family
bonding” is that it would cause
you to be very energetic, in other
words, you would keep your chin
up and be very confident in what
you are doing and what you say.
Family bonding can also build
trust. Trust can also bring strong
relationships between family
members. That can cure trust
issues between families. Another
thing about Thanksgiving is
that you can play games with
your family and friends. Things
like tag, hide and seek, solve
puzzles, and play board games
or family games that were made
up by cousins, aunts, or even
your parents a long time ago.
Games are fun, especially on
Thanksgiving. Some families
even have traditions. A tradition
is something you do every year
with your family members.
Some traditions are to do bible
study, family games, pie in the
face, and much more! Some
families gather up and have this
big tradition to do fireworks or
even go to arcades. Another thing
families do on Thanksgiving is
make food so members of the
family can eat and enjoy. Some
people in the family even rate the
food. People can even learn how
to cook on thanksgiving. Cooking
can relieve stress, help you get
better, and more.
Ny’Asia Adams, 5th Grade
To many people Thanksgiving
means relaxing or staying
home from school. But to me
Thanksgiving means more than
that mainly because you can
get together with family, and
friends, show how much you
care about people, and talk over
a family dinner. When I think of
Thanksgiving I think of getting
together with family. Once a year
my family in Florida and Atlanta
come together in Georgia and play
Com Hole, Wii, and play board
games like Spot it, Monopoly,
Pay Day and Left Right Center. It
is also fun time to play badminton
and pickleball. When I think of
Thanksgiving I also think about
sharing how much you care
about people. On Thanksgiving
all of my sisters clean the house
for my parents, make homemade
cards and rake the yard and pick
up pecans so my dad can mow
the lawn. I also let my parents
sleep in and make pancakes for
breakfast. To me Thanksgiving
also means talking over a family
dinner. In the afternoon I go over
to my grandma’s house to help
her make dinner. We usually
make dressing, pork chops, rice,
beans, cookies and the greatest
of all turkey. When we are done
cooking we set up the table and
eat. In conclusion, the meaning
of Thanksgiving in my opinion is
that you get together with family,
and friends, show how much you
care about people and talk over a
family dinner.
Zoey Lee, 5th Grade
There are many ways
Thanksgiving makes me feel
special. And those things that
make me feel special are the
things I cherish most. So today
I’m going to be telling you how
Thanksgiving is way more than
just a holiday to me. One of the
biggest parts of Thanksgiving for
me is all my family coming to my
house, and we share the things
that are going on in our lives.
And while my family is here we
can play games and spend time
with each other. My family is a
really big part of Thanksgiving
for me because they’re always
there for me and they will always
love me. For Thanksgiving my
mom will cook a big turkey and
make different sides to go with
it. And my grandma will make
all kinds of casseroles. All of that
delicious food makes me feel
so loved and thankful. Having a
family that loves me is something
that I am so thankful for, and
Thanksgiving is a big reminder.
Thanksgiving means that you
should be thankful for everything
you have because a lot of people
are living on the streets with no
food or family. Thanksgiving is a
time for me to realize how lucky
I am to have all that I have. All
of our fall decorations make me
feel so warm and happy. When I
come home from a long hard day
at school I see the decorations
and think “Today is beautiful like
any other day.” The decorations
let me know that a holiday is
on its way and that’s something
to be thankful for. My thoughts
when Thanksgiving is here are
how a lot of people need to be
loved the way that I am and a
lot of people deserve the food
that I get. Thanksgiving makes
me think of how beautiful my
life is. It also makes me think
of how I need to be kind to
everyone. Thanksgiving makes
me feel grateful in so many ways.
It makes me feel like I have a
family I can love and trust. It also
makes me feel overjoyed with
everyone that has happened to
me. Overall I think Thanksgiving
is a wonderful time of the year. It
makes me feel thankful for what
I have and who I am. The little
things of Thanksgiving make me
feel so happy, but it all because of
Jesus.
Carlee Triplett, 5th Grade
Koebbe 5th
Grade
Thanksgiving means spending
time with family and friends
enjoying people who’s around
you all positive vibes. You don’t
want to start drama around people
that you haven’t seen in a long
time so you want do the best you
can while they’re there because
you don’t know when there doing
to leave Earth and go to heaven.
Thanksgiving also means sharing
with people you don’t even
know like the homeless if they
do not have anything to eat for
thanksgiving you should be nice
and loving and give them food
because thanksgiving in about
sharing too. Being loved by your
loved one’s feels heart warming
if you been rude to that person
and you have been holding hatred
inside of you you need to let it
out so you don’t end up with the
devil. Being thankful means a lot
to people because it makes that
person feel loved and grateful that
they have you because you are so
loving, kind and generous. Love
each and everyone that’s around
you or people that are in heaven.
Be grateful for your family.
friends, and people around you
without our king it would not be
no people, and no Earth.
Idriana Arnold
You get to see your family and
friends and play games, go out
somewhere and eat some good
food. I’m grateful
for having a
family who cares
about you a lot
and will love you
forever people love
thanksgiving it is
a holiday with joy
and love. You can
draw with your
family y’all be
loving Christmas
don’t love a holiday
that did not yet come yet. Be happy
about thanksgiving but not all
people love thanksgiving. Some
people like Christmas because of
the presents but thanksgiving is a
good holiday too. Turkey but you
can kill a turkey if you live around
any turkeys are good animals but
people eat them because turkeys
made for us to eat do not have it as
a pet it will make thanksgiving not
good food for and more people be
thankful. The best food to eat is
turkey, green beans, macaroni,
pie and corn, combread, chicken.
Be happy! Not all families have
what some kids have, some are
homeless. I’m thankful!
London Boyd
Thanksgiving is a special day
because thanksgiving is a happy
family together. Paragraph 1 - It’s
when the family has a feast and
talks and plays and have a good
day and what I really like about
Thanksgiving is getting together
with my family and playing and
talking and feasting. Paragraph 2
- and I love when on thanksgiving
we get to eat turkey and mashed
potatoes and pumpkin pie and
that’s just some I like about
thanksgiving. Paragraph 3 -
also on thanksgiving m and my
family plays music watch the
football game and dance and
we eat cake I forgot to mention
that but me and my family
do eat cake on Thanksgiving
and also a long long time ago
thanksgiving was celebrated by
the native Americans and pilgrims
celebrated thanksgiving and they
had a really big feast and that’s
also a really good story to tell on
Thanksgiving and everybody in
the would happy thanksgiving.
Sharmar Bryant
Thanksgiving is a holiday that
we celebrate and enjoy so much
that people gather together to
eat, enjoy and have fun people
get to have desserts and listen
to traditional music and eat
macaroni people are thankful
for thanksgiving because it’s a
holiday or eat turkey and cookies
treats and pumpkin pie combread
activities. People also like ham or
macaroni and cheese and games
and so much more and etc. People
also like watching movies about
thanksgiving and loving it and
turkey.
Liam Knight
Thanksgiving means family,
friends, grandparents, aunts and
uncles. On thanksgiving my
parents cook pumpkin pies or
pecan pies ham or turkey mash
potatoes or hot potatoes green
beans and baked beans. We play
tag, dodgeball or just sit around
and talk. We drive buggies around
the fields and yard at night we
would have a fire and cook
marshmallows. But sometimes
we don’t have them at our house,
sometimes we have it at my
grandparents house. My grandma
cooks turkey or ham and cook
green been casserole but of course
she cooks chicken and fries if
some of us don’t want turkey or
healthy stuff. My grandparents
will do anything to make us
happen. But in conclusion no
matter where you are you can
celebrate together and be thankful
and grateful for everything
you have on thanksgiving not
everything in life is just a piece
of cake so things on the table you
can be grateful for what you have.
Camden Mock
What does Thanksgiving mean
to me? Well actually it means
a lot me. Some people think it’s
not that important and other
people actually know or think
it’s important but I think it is
really important because I get to
be close to my family and that’s
the most important thing I could
wish for. Could also be grateful
for the food we have and that was
provided for us and the close we
have, the shelter we have, and the
nature we got, friends, family,
cusisines, grandpa, and grandmas
there are other things im grateful
for but there are to many of them
to w rite about and my paragraph
would be about a whole like. I
will say that my best friends are
Morgan, Edriana, Arria, Aaliya,
Mia and Sid but more important
than that not trying to be rude is
what God provided for us, and
everything he gave us the turkey,
dessert, pineapple casserole,
macaroni and treats so that is
what thanksgiving means to me.
Allison Lopez
I think Thanksgiving means that
what you have, you should give
thanks for it. And be grateful
for what you have because other
people may want that same thing
you have and they can’t have
it so easily like other people.
People should give thanks to
their parents, guardians and all
of their family for gifts, treats
and thankfulness. My favorite
time is to eat Thanksgiving meals
like pumpkin pie, collard greens,
good old buttery combread, sweet
potato, macaroni and cheese,
with ham, green beans, turkey
of course, and the best for the
last peach cobbler. Thank parents
and guardians for what they did
for us to have good meals, a roof
over our heads, and to protect us.
Thanksgiving means to me that
thank all the support you get,
thank everyone that cares for
you, helps you, and protects you
because you will give thanks to
all the people who cares and think
about you as well that helps you
be thankful because people never
got that same respect as you. I
think Thanksgiving is important
because some people don’t have
appreciation for helping others.
Da ’Nari Parker
Thanksgiving means a lot to
me beause being thankful means
that you care for others and they
can care for you. Thanksgiving
means more than just being
thankful it also means that the
world can have joy. Thanksgiving
means I can be thankful for
my family, friends, my life,
school and my entire world.
Thanksgiving is a worldwide
holiday so not just people in
America celebrate thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving means I can travel
with my family to my aunts house
the day before Thanksgiving and
go to a lot of fun places. A few
years ago we went to lego land
it was awesome. We got to play
with legos, buy legos and more
things. Lastly, Thanksgiving is
special to me because I love to
eat turkey and more things on
Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has
a lot of meanings to me and it’s
very special to me as that’s a lot
of ways Thanksgiving means to
me.
Joseph (Mayson) Sheppard
What thanksgiving means to me
is that we have a get together or
go on trips and go shopping. We
can go on trips and spend time
together. I can help cook the food
and fix the food. I like to help my
grandma with the turkey. I like
to help make dressing. Another
thing I like about Thanksgiving
is that we get to do fun games
or dance to our favorite songs.
We like to go on our trampoline.
Me and my family are going on
a trip to Florida in a house we
rented. My favorite foods for
Thanksgiving are maracroni
and cheese, turkey, dressing and
combread. Thanksgiving means
a lot of me because it makes me
feel thankful I'm alive and awake.
Jaqorya Sliiggs
Thanksgiving is a great holiday
to spend time with my family,
friends, aunts and uncles, and
cousins. And thanksgiving also
means to me is to pray and eat
together and talk and laugh
together and talk about stuff
what you did when you weren’t
around family.
Thanksgiving means
to me to play games
and to go to family
and friends’ houses.
And thanksgiving
means to have fun
and to be thankful
for everything. And
thanksgiving means
to me to have a big
party. Thanksgiving
means to me to
cook and eat amazing food. And
thanksgiving to be appreciated
and grateful to everyone. And
thanksgiving means to me to
have a roof over my head and to
be thankful.
Paris Taylor
To me thanksgiving means to
get together with friends and
family and have a good time and
eat with friends and family. For
Thanksgiving, what do yall eat?
I eat turkey, macaroni and cheese,
sweet potato, green beans, apple
pie, combread and ham. And do
activities with my family. What
type of dessert yall eat? I eat
pumpkin pie, pound cake, and red
velvet cake too. Things I do on
Thanksgiving I go shopping, go
to the market. My favorite thing
to do is eat with my family and
take pictures. Do you like taking
pictures on Thanksgiving? Do
yall spend Thanksgiving alone
or with family and friends?
Thanksgiving is a great time
for me. I eat with my family
after going shopping then take
pictures. Do yall go shopping afte
Thanksgiving? And you can’t go
wrong with know good macaroni
and cheese.
Christon Warren
Thanksgiving means to me
family and friends and food like
ham, turkey, and all kinds oiy
food. It is a time to enjoy yourself
and enjoy your family and friends
and watch tv, go to the stating
ring and stat round. Go to church
and bless other people having a
bad day, help other people and
make other happy and say happy
thanksgiving. I play the game
with my brother and step brother.
Im am grateful for a roof over my
head, the floor beneath my feet
and my home is so much more
than shelter and I can breathe
air to me. It is a time to relax the
beautiful things in life.
Labron Williams
Thanksgiving means that I get
to help my mom and dad cook,
it means love and sharing with
loved ones. Thanksgiving means
I can eat my mom’s banana
pudding and it’s the best and my
dad’s carrot cake. You can be
grateful for everything you can
get get. My family goes and has
fun which is the best. Also my
family makes the best turkey.
Yummy! We get to travel and
enjoy the family company and
always being generous to the
family. Thanksgiving means
everything to me. We get to
put up thanksgiving signs on
the front door, decorate the
porch and house. We even got a
thanksgiving tree and put pictures
on it was fun but thanksgiving
means spending time with family
and love.
Morgan Woods
Thanksgiving means to me is
loving my family and friends and
Doing great things for those whi/
are lost and being grateful for the
people to have an awesome day.
Have a great life and do what
my family believes in what I can
do. How the day starts: the dogs
playings, birds having a good
time, and the sun shing. Have
breakfast with mom and dad go to
town for food, snacks and soda.
Trenton Bnrke
